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GEORGE WEBB, OF LEWIST-ON, MAINE.

Letters Patent No. 73,853, dated January 28, 1868.

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TO ALLv PERSONS TO WHOM THESEPRESENTS SHALL COME: A

Be it known that L Gennep WEBB, of Lewiston, Vin the county of Androscoggn, and State of Meine, ha-ve invented u new and useful Improvement; in Bits for Bridles of Harnesses; and'I do hereby declare the sume to be fully described in the following specification, andrepres'ented in the accompanying drawings, of which Figure 1' is a. top' view,

Figure 2 nn end elevation', and

Figure 3h horizontal section of e bit provided with my invention.

In the drawings, A denotes :t common betr-bit, of which a-is the bar, and o b the two rings, the letter being fastened to the ends of the hier, and extended therefrom, invmnnner as represented. Between the two rings,

'and on the bar, so es to turn freely thereon, are two hangers, C-C, each being provided with un eye, f, going through its upper part, ond 'also with en erm, g, extended downward from it, end furnished with an eye, a, arranged-as shown in g. 2. Each of the bit-hangers has the shape of a,.\vhee l, but it may be :t disk, either plain `or embossed, or otherwise ornemented. These hithnngers nre for supporting the bit, by means of the headstull side straps` which are buckled into the eyes ff of the two hangers. They allow the bit, whenin the mouth of e. horse, t-o turn freely therein, when pulled onby the'drving-rein, without thron'ingvthe side straps of the headstnll into an anvkwardposition, as is apt tobe the cese whenthe straps of the headstull nre buckled into the rings oi' the hit. -Furthermbre, the eyes of the ernisgg serve to connect the bit with the standing mertingnle, so thnt the letter shell be independent of the driving-rein 'rings 'l1 b. The arms also answer for attaching the curb-rein to the bit, the curb being, by means of the hangers, operated without effecting any strain on' the driving-rein, running from the rings b b.

The advantage of this bit is'thot it may be worn with gresiter ease and comfort for the horse than a common bor or curbbit. With it, he is not likely to throw his heed up or down, as often he will when a common .snnifle or bar-bit is used in his month. With the improved bit, the heedstoll-streps nre not liable to be drawn away by the drivhg-rein, as theyT Aare with a, common bit, ond even when they are buckled i-nto its rings or eyes.

I make no claim to the invention or bit described andclaimqed in the United States Potent, No. 40,312,

dated October 13, 1863, in which the curb-rein or 'hitehng-levers B B revolve or turn freely on the journals of the bit-roller A, and are seperate from the heddstall-hangers D D, whereas, in my improved bit, -eeoh of the curb-rein bitching-arms g, ondthe heedstall-hangers C O, is in one piece or lever, free tov revolve on the bit-ber a, whose rein-bitching eyes b b, nreA fastened directly to its ends.

I claim, therefore, my improved bit, as mede, with each of its heedstell-hongers C, and its martingale or cnrb-rein bitching-arm g, in one piece, te revolve on the eross-bnr ai, provided with rein-rings or eyes, b b, as specified.

GEORGE WEBB.

Witnesses:

RL H. EDDY, F. P. HALE, Jr. 

